Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 178457678, Verbindung

Diisopropyl benzamide (10.0 g, 48.7 mmol) was dissolved in 200 mL of dry THF. This reaction was placed under inert atmosphere and cooled to −78° C. n-Butyl lithium (20.5 mL, 2.5 M) was added dropwise over a 15 minute period. This reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for 4 h with a noticeable precipitation of the lithium salt. Trimethoxyborane (5.8 mL, 51.2 mmol) was added dropwise over a 10 minute period and the reaction was warmed to room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was poured onto 300 g of ice and allowed to warm to room temperature. This mixture was partitioned in a separatory funnel and the aqueous layer was extracted once with 100 mL of DCM. The organic layer was acidified with conc. HCl and extracted with DCM (3×100 mL). The combined organic layers were dried and concentrated in vacuo. The residual foam was dried on high vac for several hours. The resulting material, 5.8 g (48%) was the desired product 2 as characterized spectroscopically (cis:trans amide): 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 8.04 (d, 0.7H), 7.94 (d, 0.3H), 7.35 (m, 3H), 4.11 (m, 0.7H), 3.74 (m, 0.3H), 3.54 (m, 0.3H), 3.37 (m, 0.7H), 1.57 (d, 1.8H), 1.26 (m, 6H), 1.08 (d, 4.2H).